Vol 44 No 21 | NIGERIA No end to the affair 24th October 2003 Allegations by Federal Capital Territory Minister Nassir el-Rufai that two senators had solicited a 54 million naira (US$420,000) bribe for approving his appointment are set to cause more...
Vol 42 No 15 | NIGERIA Politics dead or alive 27th July 2001 The ruling People's Democratic Party, with 209 of the 348 seats in the National Assembly and 59 of the 103 seats in the Senate, enters the electoral race...
Vol 39 No 9 | NIGERIA Army arguments 1st May 1998 The coup plot trial has brought some military divisions to the surface The death sentences handed down on 28 April to six convicted coup plotters - all from the Yoruba south-west - will do little to settle the unease in...
Vol 61 No 20 | NIGERIA How to make oil pay 8th October 2020 After 20 years of lobbying, a bill to reform the country’s energy industry is being pushed through the National Assembly – with a good chance of success There has been consensus in the country on two things since the return to civil rule in 1999: the management of oil and gas, which dominates the export...
Vol 39 No 12 | NIGERIA A cardiac coup 12th June 1998 Military dissidents may prove the most serious threat to General Abubakar's pledge to hand over to civilians in October As enigmatic in death as in life, General Sani Abacha died suddenly in the early hours of 7 June. He left many Nigerians puzzling over whether it was...